[Wolves] Top quoting, bottom quoting, bloody everything quoting

[Simon Burke]

On 22/3/04 2:28 pm, "Matthew Revell" <wolveslug at understated.co.uk> wrote:

> 
>> I haven't the foggiest what your talking about?
> 
> When you reply to a message, you can either:
> 
> - quote the message you're replying to and put your reply below it
> - quote the message you're replying to and put your reply above it
> - quote the relevant parts of the message you're replying to and put
> your replies in the relevant places, as I am with this mail.
The problem with inline replies that you cans till get lost I spose, and it
can be just as annoying.
 
>> I saw something about this the other day but didn't take much notice,
>> are you saying cut out most of the text and just leave your reply
>> comments and the paragraph/sentence that your reply relates too?
> 
> Broadly, yes. At the very least, cut out other people's signatures and
> lines such as "XXXX wrote:", when they're from previous messages.
Which I have been doing as far as I can tell, I know its just an observation
but still I'm trying here, lol

>> Tell me the rules (set it out in black and white clearly and precisely)
>> and I'll stick to em!
> 
> It wasn't a dig at you, so don't worry :) It was just an observation;
> some people get very pissed off about top posting (i.e. quoting a
> message and writing your reply *above* that quote) but seem to forgive
> vast swathes of redundant header/signature information quoted, so long
> as the reply appears below it.
>
Fair enuff